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Amazon CloudFront vs Amazon Route 53: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon CloudFront and Amazon Route 53 are effectively tied on reliability (89.2 vs 89.2). Over the last 90 days Amazon CloudFront reported 1 incident and Amazon Route 53 reported 1, with effective uptime of 100% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
VS
| Metric | Amazon CloudFront | Amazon Route 53 |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.2 | 89.2 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #2 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon CloudFront and Amazon Route 53 differ
- Amazon CloudFront's longest outage on record lasted 3h 38m (Jul 16, 2026); Amazon Route 53's lasted 35m (May 22, 2026).
90-day uptime
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon Route 53
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Amazon CloudFront incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 15, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Service is operating normally: [RESOLVED] Amazon CloudFront Operational Issue
Recent Amazon Route 53 incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 15, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Service is operating normally: [RESOLVED] Amazon Route 53 Operational Issue
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime
- Bunny.net · #5 · 99.83% uptime
- Fastly · #6 · 99.60% uptime